State size comparison
compared to
West Virginia is about 2.5 times bigger than Maryland.
Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 146% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (3.9 million fewer people live in West Virginia).
This to-scale comparison of
Maryland
vs.
West Virginia
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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